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Guzzi 1100 custom build
buzzer:
here it is finished... just waiting on a small part to get it running, which is very frustrating!
Kildareman:
--- Quote from: buzzer on November 29, 2022, 08:29:05 AM ---here it is finished... just waiting on a small part to get it running, which is very frustrating!
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Absolutely gorgeous. :drool:
Huzo:
I cannot remember seeing any better ground up project, that was actually “ built”.
I love the absence of plastic.
Behold…!
Moto Guzzi Metallo…. :bow: :thumb:
buzzer:
thanks for the complements guys!
So its start-up time… I had a good spark, but I wasn’t sure if it was on the right cylinder as I hadn’t made a note on the coils… so it was a 50% chance it would start… It did! It quickly settled to a nice tick over, but I had to shut it down as I am missing the “0” rings off the sensors and they leaked oil. I have been waiting a week for them, bloody Royal Mail strikes!
With any fresh engine build I have a routine I stick to that has served me well over the years… first thing I do is remove the oil switch and pump oil into the engine. I use a plastic pump up bottle for this. This primes all the oilways, fills the filter, fills the oil pump, and oozes out of all the bearings. I prefer this to engine building paste, which I am not a fan of… I do use a smear of it on the cams and followers though…
The other thing I do is screw in a pressure gauge. I was pleased to see that it immediately shot up, which is always a relief. This has saved me a couple of times in the past… Once when the pressure relief valve in a new oil pump was stuck, and the gauge went off the scale… the other time was my fault when I put an oil pickup pipe joint on wrong, and the joint itself covered the pipe hole… started it up and initial pressure then nothing… that gauge is a lifesaver!
Pescatore:
Beautiful head turner. The exposed frame gives a sense of power.
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